News tagged with interactive television

Huffington Post to release weekly iPad magazine

The Huffington Post will soon be available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed at a media summit in Toronto.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexico's Slim invests in online TV network

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is teaming up with former CNN talk show host Larry King to launch an online television venture called Ora.TV.

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The future of gaming technology

Microsoft, creator of the Xbox Live -- an online multiplayer video gaming and digital media delivery service -- has announced it would offer mainstream television programming to its subscribers, creating direct ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kinect bringing interactive ads to Xbox 360

Microsoft announced Tuesday it will bring interactive ads to Xbox360 consoles using the voice- and gesture-recognizing capabilities of Kinect controllers.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Xbox 360 with Kinect shows off new tricks at E3

Microsoft on Monday added YouTube, voice commands, television shows and more to its Xbox 360 with Kinect as the hot-selling videogame console matures into an entertainment center for all.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Television control for the remote

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The New Science of Learning

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to recent studies, young children learn best through social interaction. Andrew Meltzoff and his colleagues at the University of Washington are studying an emerging field called the "Science of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Web 2.0 application developed to recommend television programmes

A group of researchers from the University of Vigo, Spain, has developed a Web 2.0 application that filters the programming schedules of hundreds of television channels to recommend programmes that viewers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Miniweb merges Internet and TV with Blinkx

Blinkx said it is putting its online video search skills to work for Britain-based Miniweb Interactive, a firm specializing in merging television with the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Enhanced learning with interactive courses for TV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Providing educators with the tools to create interactive TV courses will expand their ability to reach audiences in their homes and help them learn new skills, according to European researchers.

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A warm TV can drive away feelings of loneliness and rejection

Not all technology meets human needs, and some technologies provide only the illusion of having met your needs.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

World Wide Web conference opens, 20 years after its invention

A global conference on the World Wide Web got under way in Spain Monday, 20 years after the invention of the global information medium that has changed the daily lives of people around the world.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0